Railway journal-oiling device



Oct. 30, 1928.-

1,689,411 C. STERN ET Al.

RAILWAY JOURNAL OILING DEV'IUE Filed Sept. 8, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l a f T I I H 7 S "i 9M x10 gwuentow 61' 15 tern 'WZJ C'arlock If f? 351;, 7 M

C. STERN ET AL RAILWAY JOURNAL OILING DEVICE Oct. 30, 1928. 1,689,411

Filed Sept. 8, ets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES STERN AND JAMES JOSEPH CARLOCK, OF JERSEYOITY, NEW JERSEY, AS- 7 SIGNORS TO B-S MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY,

A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

RAILWAY J OURNAL-OILING DEVICE.

Application filed September The present invention relates to improve ments in railway journal oiling devices, and has for an object to provide an improved device for continuously supplying a lubricant to the journal and to the waste within the journal box to avoid hot boxes and the delays incident thereto.

Another object of the invention resides in providing an improved lubricating device for journal boxes and the like in which the device, besides performing its lubricating function, will furthermore act to prevent the waste from being grabbed by the journal and from getting beneath the brass which is detrimental as well known. in this art.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device for lubricating the journal and'restraining the waste, which will be designed for cooperation with the journal to maintain the lubricating device in a central andcorrect position and in which further the lubrication of the journal, the waste and the fillet is assured.

With the foregoing and other objects in to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a horizontal section taken through a railway journal box and showing the improved lubricating device partly in elevation and partly in section.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken through the journal box and. showing the improved lubricating device in side elevation.

Figure 3 shows a fragmentary horizontal section taken through an engine truck showing a slightly modified form of the invention.

Figure 4 is a transverse sect-ion taken through the journal box according to the same modification.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view of a further modified form of journal box, and

Figure 6 is a transverse section taken through the same.

Referring for the present to Figures 1 and 2, 7 designates a railway axle and 8 the jour nal thereof having the fillet 9 and the outer flange 10; while 11 represents the journal box; 12 the wedge; 13 the brass and 14 the. waste;

all these parts beingin arguments with 8, 1927. Serial N0. 218,299.

including the dust joint wit-h the socket 22 in the end of the elbow 23. A coupling nut 24 is threaded upon the adjacent externally threaded end of the elbow 23 and is provided with the flange 25 for engaging beneath the head 21 and urging the head against the ground or other surface of the socket 22 thus making a tight joint to prevent theleakage of oil. The elbow is provided with the shoulders 26 and 27 .engaging rather loosely at opposite sides of the flange 10 to center the tank and the distributing pipes and in general to preserve the alinement and correct position of the device in the journal box and with respect to the journal 8.

The inner ends of the elbows are internally threaded to removably receive the externally threaded ends of the two distributing pipes 28 which extend along side the journal at substantially diametrically opposite points. The distributing pipes are provided with lateral sets of holes 29 and also with bottom sets of holes 30. Each distributing pipe is enveloped by a fabric or other sleeve 31 preferably having high absorptive qualities in order to receive the oil from the openings 29 and 30 and to distribute same evenly and slowly upon the surface of the ournal 8 and upon the waste 14:.

The inner ends of the distributing pipes 28 are provided with the enlarged heads 32 which cooperate with the shoulders 27 for spacing openings 33 substantially axial to the distribating pipes, alth ugh this isnot essential, the Us? "53 arr. ,m pan ticular way best suited to the distribution of a proper quantity of oil to the fillet 9.

Flat springs 34 are disposed at both sides of the device, the intermediate portion of these springs are bowed upwardly and engage against opposite side portions of the brass 13. The terminal ends and 36 of the springs are arranged substantially vertical and parallel to one another and are perforated to slip over the distributing pipes at opposite ends of the sleeves S1. The spring ends are confined by the shoulders 27 and the heads 32.

In operation, the oil is poured in through the strainer 18 and it flows into the distributing pipes, seeping slowly through the holes 29 and 30 and being retarded by the porous sleeves 31, is deposited along the top surface of the waste into the position most favorable for lubricating the journal. In this way a uniform distribution of the oil over the waste on both sides of the journal is secured and the faithful lubrication of the fillet 9 is made possible.

At present, due to the neglect of the car oilers in properly lubricating the entire sun face of the waste, especially on the sides of the journal, the waste runs dry and becomes glazed, the journal begins to heat and hot boxes may result, requiring the car to be cut out, or the train stopped long enough to repack the box. lVith devices according to the present invention this cannot occur, as the supply of oil which is present in the container 16, keeps feeding very slowly through the distributing pipes 28 upon the waste and keeps the waste at all times saturated with oil, thus insuring a properly lubricated bearing. Oftentimes the waste grabs the journal and slides under the brass. The weight of this de vice and downward pressure of the springs 34 will keep the waste from rising and tend to prevent waste grabs.

Referring more particularly to Figures 3 to 6 inclusive, represents an engine truck wheel, 41 generally a journal box and 42 a journal box cellar, the wedge being shown at 43 and the brass at 44. In the cellar is the waste 45 and the cellar is maintained in place by the bolts 46 which are removable after the pins or bolts are taken out.

In this instance it is preferred to employ a U-shaped perforated pipe 47, which extends through the front wall 48 of the cellar and put within the cellar and upon the waste 45, this pipe having preferably both lateral. and bottom perforations and being covered by a porous sleeve 49 as previously described for the proper distribution of the lubricant. The pipe is provided with a flanged bushing 50 which extends through the cellar wall 48 and the bushing is externally threaded upon its outwardly extending portion to receive the lock nut 51. This bushing also connects with an elbow 52 and by a suitable pipe arrange ment 53 with an external oil reservoir or con tainer 54. The bushing 50 is brazed or other wise secured to the U-shaped pipe 47. The oil tank or reservoir 54 is located conveniently for filling.

in accordance with Figures 5 and 6, the cellar 4% is modified so as to include in its construction a substantially U-shaped distributing channel 55 which. takes the place of the Ushaped distributing pipe 47. From this channel lead numerous small ports 56 toward a felt strip 57 which is mounted flush in the inner wall at the upper portion of the cellar. The oil in this case feeds through the channel 55, ports 56 and is distributed upon the porous strip 5'? by which it is fed continuously and uniformly to the journal. and to the waste.

It is obvious that various changes and mod ifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention with out departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted 7 only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A railway journal oiling device comprising a source of lubricant supply, distributing means in communication with the lubricant in said source of supply and located adj acent the journal, said distributing means having eduction ports in the lateral and lower portions thereof, and porous means enveloping the ported portions of said distributing means.

2. A railway journal oiling device comprising a source of lubricant supply, a perforated distributing pipe communicating with a source of supply and having eduction ports, and a porous sleeve extending about said pipe. 3. A railway journal oiling device comprising a container for lubricant, a perforated plpe in communication with said container and located adjacent the ournal, and a porous and fibrous sleeve enveloping said perforated pipe.

4. A railway journal oiling device comprising a container for lubricant, a pipe having numerous perforations extending adjacent the journal and in communication with said container, a porous envelope about said pipe, and means for holding the pipe upon the waste in the journal box. 5. A railway journal oiling device compris- 1ng a container, a perforated distributing pipe 111 communication with the container for distributing oil upon the waste in the journal box, and a spring carried by said pipe and engaglng the brass for holding the pipe upon the waste.

6. A railway journal oil device compris ing a container for lubricant, elbows coupled to the sides of said container, perforated distributing pipes coupled to said. elbows, and porous sleeves extending about said distributing pipes.

7. Arailwayjournal oiling device comprisperforated distributing pipes removably ing a container for lubricant, elbows coupled coupled to said elbows and having end perto the sides of the container and having shoulforated heads adjacent the fillet, porous l5 ders at opposite sides of the journal flange, sleeves extending'about the perforated pipes, 5 perforated distributing pipes removably and bow springs engaging beneath the brass coupled to said elbows and having end perand having perforated ends received over said forated heads adjacent the fillet, and porous pipes.

sleeves extending about the perforated pipes. In testimony whereof we afiix our signa- 2 8. A railway journal oiling device compristures. 10 ing a container for lubricant, elbows coupled to the sides of the container and having shoul- CHARLES STERN. V ders at opposite sides of the journal flange, JAMES JOSEPH CARLOCK. 

